餘桃

See also: 餘姚

Chinese

		remainder	peach
trad. (餘桃)		餘	桃
simp. (余桃)		余	桃
Literally: “the leftover peach”.

Etymology

From the story of Duke Ling of Wey and Mizi Xia recorded in the ancient text Han Feizi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yútáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄊㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yútáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yútáo
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-tʻao²
    • Yale: yú-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yutaur
    • Palladius: юйтао (jujtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

餘桃

1. (figurative) male homosexuality

Derived terms

• 斷袖餘桃 / 断袖余桃 (duànxiùyútáo)
• 餘桃啗君 / 余桃啗君
• 餘桃斷袖 / 余桃断袖

 

See also

• 分桃 (fēntáo)